New cooling this weekend

g35x · Jan 19, 2006, 12:29 PM

ordered myself a Thermaltake VENUS 12 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106038 ) and some artic silver 5

installing this weekend (hopefully it will be in by then,ordered it yesterday) hope it keeps my opteron way cooler...runs at like 114F (oced to 2.8ghz) un oced (2.2ghz) it runs at like 109F (according to the bios)

Drakon · Jan 19, 2006, 05:27 PM

Why didnt get a XP-90c instead?

g35x · Jan 19, 2006, 05:42 PM

hmmm....dono....its a bit more......wonder how much better?

Lowfat · Jan 19, 2006, 08:35 PM

I don't suppose you can change the order. From my personal experience Thermaltake heatsinks (with the exception of the Big Typhoon) are extremely loud and don't cool that well. You could buy a Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu for less money, and it will do a far superior job.

g35x · Jan 19, 2006, 11:16 PM

well....i hear the zalman and the xp-90c is hard to install,that they dont have the clips normal a64 coolers have....im still a newb

soloz2 · Jan 19, 2006, 11:38 PM

you should have gotten the big typhoon. it will be much better than that one and newegg has it on sale every couple weeks for under 50 shipped.

SFOSOK · Jan 20, 2006, 12:40 AM

The zalmans aren't too hard to install man. They just take time and effort. Though it did take me half a day because I did some re-wireing and peeled off the sticky stuff on the memory and used arctic silver on all 8 of the heatsinks. It still was well worth it.

Only bad thing to report would be that I cut my hands up on everything else trying to be careful not to cut them on the Zalmans

Lelisevis · Jan 20, 2006, 12:56 AM

You guys not get the Akasa Evo heatpipe coolers over the pond? The Evo im running now has been the quietest and coolest hsf Ive owned. I idle around 26-27C.

Lowfat · Jan 20, 2006, 07:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by g35x

well....i hear the zalman and the xp-90c is hard to install,that they dont have the clips normal a64 coolers have....im still a newb

I don't know how hard they are on A64 systems but installing of the Zalman CNPS7000B on S478 was really simple once i figured it out, didn't even need to take the mobo out. However with the Thermalright HSF I am pretty sure you need to.

g35x · Jan 20, 2006, 12:23 PM

hmmm....well it dosent really matter long as it keep my opteron cool at 2.8ghz.....my mobo dosent let raise voltage so 2.8 is the max i can get i think (unless i need to raise that multiplyer thing.......)

H3X4D3C1M4L · Jan 20, 2006, 09:03 PM

Zalman's are the easiest thing in the world to install, they use standard screw in methods vs. clipping on sockets etc. and it gives you one hell of an even fit.

g35x · Jan 21, 2006, 12:52 AM

hmmm well got my venus in this morning just installed it few mins ago heres some pix sorry for the low quality used my dads camera phone as i forgot my sony cyber-shot at my moms house

PurpleMonkey · Jan 22, 2006, 02:04 PM

Ive got 3 Thermaltake Streetfighter fans for my case 6000rpm, very loud top speed but thankfully a fan controller as well, they move alot of air & keep things nice & cool, your bit of kit looks loike the same fan & i bet it keeps your cpu ice cool

g35x · Jan 22, 2006, 04:57 PM

yeah its been running pretty cool and i got it at 2.9ghz =D but unstable so backed down to 2.8

Jan 19, 2006, 12:29 PM	#1
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	New cooling this weekend ordered myself a Thermaltake VENUS 12 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835106038 ) and some artic silver 5 installing this weekend (hopefully it will be in by then,ordered it yesterday) hope it keeps my opteron way cooler...runs at like 114F (oced to 2.8ghz) un oced (2.2ghz) it runs at like 109F (according to the bios) __________________ Last edited by g35x; Jan 19, 2006 at 12:43 PM.

Jan 19, 2006, 05:42 PM	Thread Starter #3
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hmmm....dono....its a bit more......wonder how much better? __________________

Jan 19, 2006, 08:35 PM	#4
Lowfat Xtreme Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Can Posts: 4,254 Rep Power: 101	I don't suppose you can change the order. From my personal experience Thermaltake heatsinks (with the exception of the Big Typhoon) are extremely loud and don't cool that well. You could buy a Zalman CNPS7000B-AlCu for less money, and it will do a far superior job. __________________

Jan 19, 2006, 11:16 PM	Thread Starter #5
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	well....i hear the zalman and the xp-90c is hard to install,that they dont have the clips normal a64 coolers have....im still a newb __________________

Jan 19, 2006, 11:38 PM	#6
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Jan 19, 2006, 05:27 PM	#2
Drakon DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Floatin'... Posts: 4,957 Rep Power: 0	Why didnt get a XP-90c instead?

Jan 20, 2006, 12:40 AM	#7
SFOSOK 939 Goin Strong Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Ontario Posts: 7,033 Rep Power: 90 System Specs	The zalmans aren't too hard to install man. They just take time and effort. Though it did take me half a day because I did some re-wireing and peeled off the sticky stuff on the memory and used arctic silver on all 8 of the heatsinks. It still was well worth it. Only bad thing to report would be that I cut my hands up on everything else trying to be careful not to cut them on the Zalmans __________________ Warning - Explicit Content Preceeding METAL!!

Jan 20, 2006, 12:56 AM	#8
Lelisevis Howlin at the moon Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,663 Rep Power: 0	You guys not get the Akasa Evo heatpipe coolers over the pond? The Evo im running now has been the quietest and coolest hsf Ive owned. I idle around 26-27C.

Jan 20, 2006, 12:23 PM	Thread Starter #10
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hmmm....well it dosent really matter long as it keep my opteron cool at 2.8ghz.....my mobo dosent let raise voltage so 2.8 is the max i can get i think (unless i need to raise that multiplyer thing.......) __________________

Jan 20, 2006, 09:03 PM	#11
H3X4D3C1M4L DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 6,794 Rep Power: 0	Zalman's are the easiest thing in the world to install, they use standard screw in methods vs. clipping on sockets etc. and it gives you one hell of an even fit.

Jan 21, 2006, 12:52 AM	Thread Starter #12
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	hmmm well got my venus in this morning just installed it few mins ago heres some pix sorry for the low quality used my dads camera phone as i forgot my sony cyber-shot at my moms house __________________

Jan 22, 2006, 02:04 PM	#13
PurpleMonkey DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 15 Rep Power: 0	Ive got 3 Thermaltake Streetfighter fans for my case 6000rpm, very loud top speed but thankfully a fan controller as well, they move alot of air & keep things nice & cool, your bit of kit looks loike the same fan & i bet it keeps your cpu ice cool

Jan 22, 2006, 04:57 PM	Thread Starter #14
g35x Hellhound Pilot Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Deptford, New Jersey Posts: 1,100 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	yeah its been running pretty cool and i got it at 2.9ghz =D but unstable so backed down to 2.8 __________________ Last edited by g35x; Jan 23, 2006 at 05:35 PM.